Jeremiah 12:12

Easy To Read Version

Soldiers came to take things\par from every place in that empty land.\par The Lord used those armies\par to punish that land.\par People from one end of the land\par to the other were punished.\par No person was safe.\par

Cross References

Isaiah 34:6

Why? Because the Lord decided there should be a time for killing in Bozrah {\cf2\super [317]} and in Edom.

Isaiah 57:21

“There is no peace for evil people.”\par

Jeremiah 15:2

Those people might ask you, ‘Where will we go?’ You tell them this: This is what the Lord says:

Jeremiah 16:5

So the Lord says: “Jeremiah, don’t go into a house where people are eating a funeral meal. Don’t go there to cry for the dead or show your sorrow. Don’t do those things. Why? Because I have taken back my blessing. I will not be kind to these people of Judah. I will not feel sorry for them.” This message is from the Lord.

Jeremiah 25:11

That whole area will be an empty desert. All of those people will be slaves of the king of Babylon for 70 years.

Jeremiah 3:2

“Look up to the bare hilltops, Judah.\par Is there any place where you have not\par had sex with your lovers (false gods)?\par You have sat by the road waiting for lovers,\par like an Arab waiting in the desert.\par You made the land ‘dirty’!\par How? You did many bad things\par and you were unfaithful to me.\par

Jeremiah 3:21

You can hear crying on the bare hills.\par The people of Israel are crying\par and praying for mercy.\par They became very evil.\par They forgot the Lord their God.\par

Jeremiah 30:5

This is what the Lord said:

Jeremiah 34:17

“So this is what the Lord says: ‘You people have not obeyed me. You have not given freedom to your fellow Hebrews. Because you have not kept the agreement, I will give “freedom.”’ This is the message of the Lord. ‘(I will give)\} “freedom” to be killed by swords, by terrible sicknesses, and by hunger! I will make you become something that terrifies all the kingdoms of the earth, when they hear about you.

Jeremiah 4:27

The Lord says these things:\par “The whole country will be ruined.\par (But I will not completely destroy the land.)\par

Jeremiah 46:10

“But at that time, our Master,\par the Lord All-Powerful, will win.\par At that time, he will give the punishment\par that they deserve.\par The Lord’s enemies will get the punishment\par that they should have.\par The sword will kill until it is finished.\par The sword will kill until it satisfies\par its thirst for blood.\par This will happen because there is a sacrifice\par for our Master, the Lord All-Powerful.\par That sacrifice is \{Egypt’s army\}\par in the land of the north,\par by the Euphrates River.\par

Jeremiah 47:6

“Sword of the Lord, you have not quit.\par How long will you keep fighting?\par Go back into your scabbard! {\cf2\super [375]} \par Stop! Be still!\par

Jeremiah 48:2

Moab will not be praised again.\par Men in Heshbon will plan Moab’s defeat.\par They will say,\par ‘Come, let us put an end to that nation.’\par Madmenah, you will also be silenced.\par The sword will chase you.\par

Jeremiah 8:15

We hoped to have peace,\par but nothing good has come.\par We hoped that he would forgive us,\par but only disaster has come.\par

Lamentations 3:17

I thought I would never have peace again.\par I forgot about good things.\par

Ezekiel 14:17

\{God said,\} “Or, I might send an enemy army to fight against that country. Those soldiers would destroy that country—I would remove all the people and animals from that country.

Ezekiel 21:28

\{God said,\} “Son of man, {\cf2\super [164]} speak to the people for me. Say these things, ‘The Lord my Master says these things to the people of Ammon and their shameful \{god\}:

Ezekiel 21:4

I will cut both good people and evil people from you. I will pull my sword from its sheath and use it against all people from south to north.

Ezekiel 21:8

The word of the Lord came to me. He said,

Ezekiel 21:9

“Son of man, {\cf2\super [157]} speak to the people for me. Say these things, ‘The Lord my Master says these things:

Leviticus 26:33

I will scatter you among the nations. I will pull out my sword and destroy you. Your land will become empty and your cities will be destroyed.

Amos 9:4

If they are captured\par and taken away by their enemies,\par I will command the sword,\par and it will kill them there.\par Yes, I will watch over them,\par but I will watch for ways\par to give them troubles,\par not for ways to do good things.”\par

Zephaniah 2:12

People of Ethiopia, this means even you! The Lord’s sword will kill your people.

Deuteronomy 32:42

My enemies will be killed and taken as prisoners. My arrows will be covered with their blood. My sword will cut off the heads of their soldiers.’

Revelation 6:4

Then another horse came out. This was a red horse. The rider on the horse was given power to take away peace from the earth. He was given power to make people kill each other. This rider was given a big sword.